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Hessea cinnamomea

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Asparagales > Family: Amaryllidaceae > Genus: Hessea

Hessea cinnamomea

Banded blowflies (Chrysomya albiceps) in early winter on flowers of Hessea cinnamomea, flowering after a recent fire on Joostenberg north of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. [photos Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

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A Halictid bee collecting pollen in early winter from a flower of Hessea cinnamomea, flowering after a recent fire on Joostenberg north of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. [photos Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

A very infrequent dark coloured form of Hessea cinnamomea, flowering in winter after a summer fire in the Table Mountain National Park, southern Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photos Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

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Hessea cinnamomea flowering in flowing water in winter after a  summer fire in the Table Mountain National Park, southern Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photos Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Hessea cinnamomea flowering in winter after a summer fire in the Table Mountain National Park, southern Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photos Colin Paterson-Jones ©]